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Posted on January 28, 2012, Saturday KUCHING: The state’s first naval base would be built in Dalat, Mukah, but its construction would only take off after the site is identified and allocation granted, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He said the original plan to build it at Kampung Buntal here had […]

No clear international jurisdiction over pirate detainees from East African waters The Harper government has wanted the navy to play a bigger role in battling Somali pirates in the waters off East Africa, but has been stymied about what to do with potential prisoners, documents reveal. The international effort to contain the pirating of commercial […]

The Canadian military has evacuated staff from the Halifax naval intelligence facility where a sailor accused of espionage was working before his arrest. The Department of National Defence said authorities are conducting a security sweep of HMCS Trinity to see whether this confidential communication centre has been compromised. More related to this story Sub-Lieutenant Jeffrey […]

Johannesburg – The Angolan Defence minister, Cândido dos Santos Van-Dúnem, Saturday in Johannesburg, South Africa, said the country’s Armed Forces (FAA) have improved their intervention capacity to counter eventual acts of piracy on territorial waters. The minister was speaking at the end of his visit to South Africa where he attended an extraordinary session of […]

BY MURRAY BREWSTER OTTAWA — An unfolding spy drama involving a junior Cana­dian officer comes amid a deter­mined effort by the Royal Cana­dian Navy to improve and ex­pand its own intelligence capac­ity. Over the last two years, mil­itary planners working for the head of the navy have been drawing a road map in order to […]

A judge ordered the transfer to Spain of Somali pirates arrested in Indian waters after an attack on a frigate participating in the European Union (EU) mission against piracy, Atalanta. On the morning of Thursday, the battleship Patiño repelled an attack by a pirate boat. As reported by the Ministry of Defence of Spain, the boat attempted […]

Press Association Suspected pirates surrender off the coast of Somalia after Royal Marines board their vessel. Photograph: Royal Navy/AFP/Getty Images The Royal Navy has captured 13 Somali pirates on a boat in the Indian Ocean, the Ministry of Defence said. Royal Marines were part of a Nato-led combined counter-piracy force which intercepted a suspect dhow […]

Press Association Suspected pirates surrender off the coast of Somalia after Royal Marines board their vessel. Photograph: Royal Navy/AFP/Getty Images The Royal Navy has captured 13 Somali pirates on a boat in the Indian Ocean, the Ministry of Defence said. Royal Marines were part of a Nato-led combined counter-piracy force which intercepted a suspect dhow […]

The Royal Navy has captured 13 Somali pirates on a boat in the Indian Ocean, the Ministry of Defence said. Royal Marines were part of a Nato-led combined counter-piracy force which intercepted a suspect dhow operating in shipping lanes off the Somali coast. In an operation at dawn, RFA (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Fort Victoria joined […]